Description
Fluphenazineisatypicalpiperazineantipsychoticthatisclinicallyusedtotreatschizophrenia,bipolardisorder,anddementia.FluphenazineactsasanantagoNISTatD2receptors.Fluphenazinealsoexhibitsarrhythmogenicactivity,increasingactionpotentialdurationandinducingQTprolongationbydecreasingcurrentamplitudeofhumanether-related-a-go-go(hERG)K+channels.Thiscompoundactsasafunctionalinhibitorofacidsphingomyelinase(FIASMA).